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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian sport shooter}}<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|06|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faridabad]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]]<br />
| height = 1.78 m<br />
| sport = [[Shooting sports|Shooting]]<br />
| event = [[Trap shooting|Trap]]<br />
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[trap shooting]]}} [[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]]<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Cup|World Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 ISSF World Cup|2022 Changwon]]|[[2022 ISSF World Cup#Men's results|Trap team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Shooting Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 Asian Shooting Championships|2025 Shymkent]]|[[2025 Asian Shooting Championships#Men - Senior|Trap]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Shooting Championships|Junior Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 Asian Shooting Championships|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 Asian Shooting Championships|Trap]]}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Bhowneesh Mendiratta''' (born 30 June 1999) is an Indian [[Trap shooting|trap shooter]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhowneesh Mendiratta |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM3006199901 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=[[International Shooting Sport Federation]]}}</ref> <br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
He graduated from the [[Delhi Public School, Faridabad]] in 2017. He went on to study at the [[Delhi University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paralympic, Olympic participants get direct admission in DU |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/olympic-paralympic-sports-du-admission-2017-984972-2017-06-27 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He started with [[double trap]] shooting, but gave it in favour of [[Trap shooting|trap]] after double trap was dropped as an Olympic event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dutt |first=Tushar |date=2022-10-06 |title=Learnt to enjoy the sport from Virat Kohli: Bhowneesh Mendiratta |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/learnt-to-enjoy-the-sport-from-virat-kohli-bhowneesh-mendiratta/articleshow/94671269.cms |access-date=2023-10-24 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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He was part of the team that won a silver medal at the trap competition at the [[2022 ISSF World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=ISSF Shooting World Cup: Indian trio of Prithviraj, Vivaan, Bhowneesh capture silver in Trap team event |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/issf-shooting-world-cup-indian-trio-of-prithviraj-vivaan-bhowneesh-capture-silver-in-trap-team-event-article-92868854 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref><br />
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By finishing fourth at the [[2022 World Shotgun Championships]] in the men's trap competition, he won the first Indian quota for the [[2024 Summer Olympics|Paris Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=Bhowneesh earns India's first Paris Olympics quota |url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/34684336/bhowneesh-mendiratta-earns-india-first-paris-olympics-quota-shooting |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dey |first=Santadeep |date=2022-09-30 |title=Bhowneesh Mendiratta: Will do anything for the Olympic gold medal |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/national-games/bhowneesh-mendiratta-paris-olympics-2024-shooting-quota-issf-national-games-ahmedabad/article65954396.ece |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><br />
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